Finland: Northland Resources axes jobs and goes into formal reorganisation
The mining company announced on Tuesday it will lay off 29 employees during the probationary period of their contract, and
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Finland: Left, Greens and Norilsk Nickel weigh in on Harjavalta leak
Left Alliance committee calls for Pori river check-up; Green League VP chides environmental administration; metal factory Norilsk Nickel claims responsibility
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Lapland to host Finland’s biggest mine
The Kevitsa mine in Sodankylä is to become Finland’s largest mine after it was granted permission to expand. The North
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Finland: Harjavalta nickel leak biggest on record
The nickel leak from a factory in Harjavalta, Finland is now the biggest ever recorded in Finland. The plant has
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Finland: Environmental authority says nickel leak threatening southwest river
Environmental authorities in southwest Finland fear that nickel emissions from a local mine may be endangering marine life in the
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Mine in Sweden’s Arctic suspends payments to creditors
Northland Resources, an international mining company that runs an iron ore mine outside of Pajala in northern Sweden, is suspending
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Sweden: Arctic hockey team to wear rainbow jerseys all season in support of LGBT rights in sport
Hockey players in Sweden’s Arctic city of Kiruna will be playing in rainbow colours next season in an outward show
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Sweden quarry decision appealed
The Swedish Environment Protection Agency and the Gotland county council are appealing a court ruling allowing the Nordkalk company to
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Mines in Gotland, Sweden given the go-ahead
A controversial mine on the Swedish island of Gotland has been given permission to quarry for another 25 years. The
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Finland’s Talvivaara posts seven million euro loss
Wednesday’s first-quarter results for the beleagured mining company show some improvement, with an operating loss of 7.1 million euros compared
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Talvivaara write-downs some of the largest in Finnish history
Finland’s Talvivaara mining company recently announced an astounding 630 million euro loss from the last quarter of 2013. This one-quarter
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Sea ice breakup creating havoc for Alaska ice dredgers
The early break-up of sea ice has left winter gold-dredging operations scrambling to haul equipment back to shore – and
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Finland’s Talvivaara losses at 700 million euros, new uranium permit granted
Despite beleaguered Finnish mining company Talvivaara’s record operating losses and environmental problems, it plans to continue operations and has received
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Shipping company using drones in the Arctic
Shipping in the Arctic is no easy task. Distances from southern Canada to the country’s High Arctic is long. Trips
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Finland’s Talvivaara mine faces up to 200 million in environmental costs
The Kainuu Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centre) has made its first official assessment of the
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